pdftoppm - Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Pixmap (PPM)
converter (version 3.00)
SYNOPSIS
pdftoppm [options]
PDF-file PPM-root
DESCRIPTION
Pdftoppm converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to color image files in
Portable Pixmap (PPM) format, grayscale image files in Portable
Graymap (PGM) format, or monochrome image files in Portable Bitmap
(PBM) format.
Pdftoppm reads the PDF file,
PDF-file , and writes one PPM file for each page,
PPM-root - nnnnnn .ppm, where
nnnnnn is the page number.
CONFIGURATION FILE
Pdftoppm reads a configuration file at startup. It first tries to
find the user's private config file, ~/.xpdfrc. If that doesn't
exist, it looks for a system-wide config file, typically
/usr/local/etc/xpdfrc (but this location can be changed when pdftoppm
is built). See the
xpdfrc(5) man page for details.
OPTIONS
Many of the following options can be set with configuration file
commands. These are listed in square brackets with the description of
the corresponding command line option.
-f number
Specifies the first page to convert.
-l number
Specifies the last page to convert.
-r number
Specifies the resolution, in DPI. The default is 150 DPI.
-mono
Generate a monochrome PBM file (instead of a color PPM file).
-gray
Generate a grayscale PGM file (instead of a color PPM file).
-t1lib yes | no
Enable or disable t1lib (a Type 1 font rasterizer). This defaults to
"yes".
-freetype yes | no
Enable or disable FreeType (a TrueType / Type 1 font rasterizer).
This defaults to "yes".
-aa yes | no
Enable or disable font anti-aliasing. This defaults to "yes".
-opw password
Specify the owner password for the PDF file. Providing this will
bypass all security restrictions.
-upw password
Specify the user password for the PDF file.
-q
Don't print any messages or errors.
-v
Print copyright and version information.
-h
Print usage information.
and
--help are equivalent.)
EXIT CODES
The Xpdf tools use the following exit codes:
0
No error.
1
Error opening a PDF file.
2
Error opening an output file.
3
Error related to PDF permissions.
99
Other error.
AUTHOR
The pdftoppm software and documentation are copyright 1996-2004 Glyph
& Cog, LLC.
